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| Greenhill Fall Classic | 1 | Presentation AB | Dahlia Bekong |
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| Greenhill Fall Classic | 3 | Harker ASh | Aaron Barcio |
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| Greenhill Fall Classic | 6 | Westlake MR | David Yi |
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| King Round Robin | 1 | Sequioa AS | Brianna Aaron, Danielle Dosch |
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| Loyola Invitational | 4 | Sage MP | Truman Le |
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| Loyola Invitational | 5 | Tomdadders | Arjan Kang |
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| Loyola Invitational | 1 | ModernBrain AK | Jonah Gentleman |
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| TFA State | 2 | Greenhill KD | Pranav Vijayan |
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| TFA State | 5 | Clear Lake ML | Vishal Sivamani |
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| The 47th Churchill Classic | 2 | Saint Marys Hall RS | Patrick Fox |
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| The 47th Churchill Classic | 4 | Lake Travis AS | Nelson Okunlola |
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| The 47th Churchill Classic | 6 | Dripping Springs AS | Nathan Rothembaum |
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| Greenhill Fall Classic | 1 | Opponent: Presentation AB | Judge: Dahlia Bekong 1ac - covid waivers sv |
| Greenhill Fall Classic | 3 | Opponent: Harker ASh | Judge: Aaron Barcio 1ac - eu |
| Greenhill Fall Classic | 6 | Opponent: Westlake MR | Judge: David Yi 1ac - evergreening |
| King Round Robin | 1 | Opponent: Sequioa AS | Judge: Brianna Aaron, Danielle Dosch 1ac - megaconstellations |
| Loyola Invitational | 4 | Opponent: Sage MP | Judge: Truman Le 1ac - cannabis |
| Loyola Invitational | 5 | Opponent: Tomdadders | Judge: Arjan Kang 1ac - agonism |
| Loyola Invitational | 1 | Opponent: ModernBrain AK | Judge: Jonah Gentleman 1ac - setcol |
| TFA State | 2 | Opponent: Greenhill KD | Judge: Pranav Vijayan 1ac - climate change |
| TFA State | 5 | Opponent: Clear Lake ML | Judge: Vishal Sivamani 1ac - us imperialism |
| TFA State | 6 | Opponent: Memorial DX | Judge: River Cook 1ac - racial cap |
| The 47th Churchill Classic | 2 | Opponent: Saint Marys Hall RS | Judge: Patrick Fox 1ac - cap |
| The 47th Churchill Classic | 4 | Opponent: Lake Travis AS | Judge: Nelson Okunlola 1ac - disability |
| The 47th Churchill Classic | 6 | Opponent: Dripping Springs AS | Judge: Nathan Rothembaum 1ac - setcolcap |
| University of Houston Cougar Classic | 2 | Opponent: Greenhill EN | Judge: Reed Weiler 1ac - sv |
| University of Houston Cougar Classic | 3 | Opponent: Coppell RM | Judge: River Cook 1ac - cap |
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0 - Contact InfoTournament: Any | Round: 1 | Opponent: Any | Judge: Any Strake Jesuit '22. He/him. If you have any questions or concerns about the round, please contact me - If there is any way you would like me to accommodate for your needs in any way before and during the round, just contact me! I'm happy to do so. Please tell me if there are any specific interps you would like me to meet before round (spikes on top, rob spec, etc.) This is terminal defense to your shell. Feel free to hmu if my wiki is acting up and there are some docs you can't access - I'll send them to you directly. Let me know any content warnings or pronouns before the round so we can make the debate as comfortable as possible for both of us. Good luck! | 1/23/22 |
0 - DisclosureTournament: Any | Round: 1 | Opponent: Any | Judge: Any Interpretation: Debaters must disclose their Super Smash Bros Ultimate main(s) on the NDCA 2021-2022 LD wiki, or disclose that they don't have one. I main Pyra/Mythra and Terry. Interpretation: Debaters must disclose their favorite TWICE member(s) and song(s), or disclose that they don't have one. My favorite members and song are Chaeyoung/Mina and Likey. Interpretation: Debaters must disclose their favorite picture and quality of Tommy Yu of Dulles High School. Tommy Yu is omnipotent and controls my very way of life. My soul is dedicated to him, and he is my god. Pics osourced. | 1/23/22 |
1 - K - MarijuanaTournament: Loyola Invitational | Round: 4 | Opponent: Sage MP | Judge: Truman Le The term "marijuana" has a racist legacy and some prefer that the drug be referred to as cannabis.Halperin 18 Alex Halperin (Alex Halperin, who writes our regular column 'High Time,' has been covering the cannabis industry for three years. He co-hosts the podcast WeedWeek and lives in Los Angeles. Alex Halperin welcomes your thoughts, questions and concerns about cannabis and cannabis legalization at high.time@theguardian.com.) "Marijuana: is it time to stop using a word with racist roots?", The Guardian, Jan. 29th, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/29/marijuana-name-cannabis-racism THE AFF'S RESPONSE TO THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC IS PART OF RACIALIZED LOGIC THAT REENFORCES THE DRUG WAR – turns case and comes before case because we deconstruct the logic behind the affirmative policy.Netherland 16 Netherland, Julie (director of the Office of Academic Engagement of the Drug Policy Alliance. She is the editor of Critical Perspectives on Addiction and holds a PhD in sociology from the City University of New York Graduate Center), and Helena Hansen (MD, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Departments of Anthropology and Psychiatry at New York University, as well as a research scientist at the Nathan Kline Institute of the New York State Office of Mental Health). "White opioids: Pharmaceutical race and the war on drugs that wasn't." BioSocieties (2016): 1-22. Reps come first – they shape our understandings of the plan, and are key to avoiding serial policy failure. That means they DON'T get to weigh the caseCrawford 02 Crawford, Neta. ~Professor of Political Science, Boston University~ Argument and Change in World Politics. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Cwaz | 9/5/21 |
1 - K - MollowTournament: The 47th Churchill Classic | Round: 4 | Opponent: Lake Travis AS | Judge: Nelson Okunlola Behold the image of the disgusting disabled child, which causes one to wince in the face of egoistic empathy. This is self-reflection, a process constitutive of the psyche that results in the disability drive, the culmination of primary pity where the non-disabled subject embodies itself in the position of the disabled object, and secondary pity, which portrays the ego's overcompensation to regain its position and pushes a desire from lack for the eradication of disability.Mollow 15 Anna (2015): The Disability Drive, A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in English in the Graduate Division of the University of California, Berkeley Committee in charge: Professor Kent Puckett, Chair Professor Celeste G. Langan Professor Melinda Y. Chen Spring 2015 https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/etd/ucb/text/Mollow_berkeley_0028E_15181.pdf SJCPJG The affirmative's politics are tied to a rehabilitative futurism where the signifier of the fantasmatic child is placed forward to eradicate and cure disability – this deems the disabled child a threat and excludes disability from the political. The idea that conversation and awareness about disability can cause progress results in further violence. They don't get to weigh case – if we win their starting point is violent, they don't get to weigh their end point since we indict the process of how they got there.Mollow 2 Anna (2015): The Disability Drive, A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in English in the Graduate Division of the University of California, Berkeley Committee in charge: Professor Kent Puckett, Chair Professor Celeste G. Langan Professor Melinda Y. Chen Spring 2015 https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/etd/ucb/text/Mollow_berkeley_0028E_15181.pdf SJCPJG The endorsement of debate isa link – communicative spaces such as debate privilege those who can conform to marketable forms of affect and marginalizes those deemed incompetent. The drive to perform means disabled bodies are always regulated to the bottom of the communicative register.St. Pierre 13 (PhD Student at the University of Alberta; Department of Philosophy; M.A. in philosophy from the University of Alberta Canadian Disability Studies Association. Victoria, BC. June 2013.) BL The 1AC is a fantasy of the medical model – the idea that solvency or 'good things' or emancipation can come from Academia or supporting the 1AC is an illusion that the medical model has created – their attempt at liberation actively pathologize disability by overshadowing the physical barrier that is required to come into the space in the first plance and the barriers that continue to exist in that space.Siebers 06 (Tobin, Prof of Literary and Cultural Criticism at the U of Michigan, "Disability Studies and the Future of Identity Politics") DR 16 Vote negative to endorse an unwavering pessimism and radical failure – we reject notions of futurism in exchange for an affirmation of disability's abjection as something beautiful.Selck 16 Michael (2016): Crip Pessimism: The Language of Dis/ability and the Culture that Isn't, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, SJCPJG | 1/9/22 |
1 - K - Mollow v2Tournament: TFA State | Round: 6 | Opponent: Memorial DX | Judge: River Cook Behold the image of the disgusting disabled child, which causes one to wince in the face of egoistic empathy. This is self-reflection, a process constitutive of the psyche that results in the disability drive, the culmination of primary pity where the non-disabled subject embodies itself in the position of the disabled object, and secondary pity, which portrays the ego's overcompensation to regain its position and pushes a desire from lack for the eradication of disability.Mollow 15 Anna (2015): The Disability Drive, A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in English in the Graduate Division of the University of California, Berkeley Committee in charge: Professor Kent Puckett, Chair Professor Celeste G. Langan Professor Melinda Y. Chen Spring 2015 https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/etd/ucb/text/Mollow_berkeley_0028E_15181.pdf SJCPJG The affirmative's politics are tied to a rehabilitative futurism where the signifier of the fantasmatic child is placed forward to eradicate and cure disability – this deems the disabled child a threat and excludes disability from the political. They don't get to weigh case – if we win their starting point is violent, they don't get to weigh their end point since we indict the process of how they got there."Our scenario analysis of the resolution develops the political grammar for revolution – before we can discuss how to get there, we first must theorize what exact future we are fighting for Mass base cultivation must start through utopic communist demands like the aff that prophesize the end of Capitalism. "Mollow 2 Anna (2015): The Disability Drive, A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in English in the Graduate Division of the University of California, Berkeley Committee in charge: Professor Kent Puckett, Chair Professor Celeste G. Langan Professor Melinda Y. Chen Spring 2015 https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/etd/ucb/text/Mollow_berkeley_0028E_15181.pdf SJCPJG Endorsement of debate is a link – Williams 18The 1ACs omission of disability was violent to not just disabled people of color but to people of color in general, omitting disability causes a flawed analysis that allows the 1AC to think that it has solved a problem but in reality allows a new form of whiteness to become regurgitated under the guise of ableist oppressionErevelles and Minear 10 (NIRMALA and AndreaProfessor in the Social Foundations of Education and Instructional Department of Education Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies at the University of Alabama, Assistant Professor of Elementary Education Department of Curriculum and Instruction UAB "Unspeakable Offenses: Untangling Race and Disability in Discourses of Intersectionality Chapter 26" The Disability Studies Reader Fourth Edition) BL The starting point of the 1AC is epistemically flawed and an independent link – fiat is illusory and anything that doesn't begin from the question of disability allows for ableism to infiltrate modes of thought which means we're an epistemic prerequisite. Thus, the role of the ballot is to vote for the debater who best methodologically challenges ableism.Campbell 13 Fiona Kumari (2013): Problematizing Vulnerability: Engaging Studies in Ableism and Disability Jurisprudence, Fiona Kumari Campbell undertakes research in Studies in Ableism, coloniality, disability studies as well as explorations about Buddhist formations of disability. Trained in sociology, theology and legal studies; she is interested in ways that law, new technologies and the governance of marginal populations produces understandings of the productive citizen, normative bodies, ideas of periphery and ways that ablement privileges and entitles certain groups in society. Campbell is the author of Contours of Ableism: The Production of Disability and Abledness (Palgrave, 2009) and numerous other journal articles and book chapters. SJCPJG Vote negative to endorse an unwavering pessimism and radical failure – we reject the political and notions of futurism in exchange for an affirmation of disability's abjection as something beautiful.Selck 16 Michael (2016): Crip Pessimism: The Language of Dis/ability and the Culture that Isn't, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, SJCPJG | 3/12/22 |
1 - NC - Logical ConsequencesTournament: Loyola Invitational | Round: 5 | Opponent: Tomdadders | Judge: Arjan Kang Permissibility and presumption negate – a. the resolution indicates the affirmative has to prove an obligation, and permissibility would deny the existence of an obligation b. Statements are more often false than true because any part can be false so negate because the aff is probably falseThe aff burden is to prove that the resolutional statement is logical, and the reciprocal neg burden is to prove that the resolutional statement is illogical.Prefer:1. Text – Oxford Dictionary defines ought as "used to indicate something that is probable."https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ought Massa Ought is "used to express logical consequence" as defined by Merriam-Webster(http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ought) Massa 2. Debatability – a) my interp means debates focus on empirics about squo trends rather than irresolvable abstract principles that've been argued for years b) Moral oughts cannot guide action.Gray, Grey, JW. "The Is/Ought Gap: How Do We Get "Ought" from "Is?"" Ethical Realism. N.p., 19 July 2011. Web. 28 Oct. 2015. Massa 4. Neg definition choice – The aff should have defined ought in the 1ac as their value, by not doing so they have forfeited their right to read a new definition – kills 1NC strategy since I premised my engagement on a lack of your definition.~1~ Inherency – either a) the aff is non-inherent and you vote neg on presumption or b) it is and it isn't logically going to happen. | 9/6/21 |
1 - NC - UtilitarianismTournament: Loyola Invitational | Round: 1 | Opponent: ModernBrain AK | Judge: Jonah Gentleman The standard is maximizing expected well-being. Prefer it:~2~ Util is a lexical pre-requisite to any other framework-threats to bodily security and life preclude the ability for moral actors to effectively utilize and act upon other moral theories since they are in a constant state of crisis that inhibit the ideal moral conditions which other theories presuppose – so, util comes first and my offense outweighs theirs under their own framework.~3~ Pleasure and pain are the starting point for moral reasoning—they're our most baseline desires and the only things that explain the intrinsic value of objects or actionsMoen 16, Ole Martin (PhD, Research Fellow in Philosophy at University of Oslo). "An Argument for Hedonism." Journal of Value Inquiry 50.2 (2016): 267. ~5~ Ethical frameworks must be theoretically legitimate. Any standard is an interpretation of the words of the resolution-thus framework is functionally a topicality argument about how to define the terms of the resolution. My framework interprets ought as maximizing happiness. Prefer this definition:~A~ Ground: Both debaters are guaranteed access to ground to engage under util – ie Aff gets plans and advantages, while Neg gets disads and counterplans. Additionally, anything can function as a util impact as long as an external benefit is articulated, so all your offense applies. Other frameworks deny 1 side the ability to engage the other on both the impact and link level. Their framework is exclusive – setcol literature is aff-biased and kills engagement which link turns their discourse offense.~6~ Extinction outweighsPummer 15 ~Theron, Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy at St. Anne's College, University of Oxford. "Moral Agreement on Saving the World" Practical Ethics, University of Oxford. May 18, 2015~ AT | 9/6/21 |
1 - NC - Utilitarianism v2Tournament: The 47th Churchill Classic | Round: 2 | Opponent: Saint Marys Hall RS | Judge: Patrick Fox The standard is maximizing expected well-being. Prefer it:~1~ Actor specificity: util is the best for governments, which is the actor in the rez – multiple warrants:~a~ Governments must aggregate since every policy benefits some and harms others, which also means side constraints freeze action.~b~ Actor-specificity comes first since different agents have different ethical standings.~2~ Pleasure and pain are the starting point for moral reasoning—they're our most baseline desires and the only things that explain the intrinsic value of objects or actionsMoen 16, Ole Martin (PhD, Research Fellow in Philosophy at University of Oslo). "An Argument for Hedonism." Journal of Value Inquiry 50.2 (2016): 267. ~3~ We have no unified consciousness—empirics.Parfit ~Derek Parfit, Reasons and Persons (Oxford: Clarendon, 1984). That means util—focus on individual people doesn't matter, so only helping groups of people is important and only util does so. | 1/8/22 |
1 - NC - Utilitarianism v3Tournament: TFA State | Round: 5 | Opponent: Clear Lake ML | Judge: Vishal Sivamani The standard is maximizing expected well-being. Prefer it:~1~ Pleasure and pain are the starting point for moral reasoning—they're our most baseline desires and the only things that explain the intrinsic value of objects or actionsMoen 16, Ole Martin (PhD, Research Fellow in Philosophy at University of Oslo). "An Argument for Hedonism." Journal of Value Inquiry 50.2 (2016): 267. ~2~ Extinction outweighs – we can't afford to be wrong.MacAskill 14 ~William, Oxford Philosopher and youngest tenured philosopher in the world, Normative Uncertainty, 2014~ | 3/11/22 |
1 - T - Immediate and CertainTournament: TFA State | Round: 6 | Opponent: Memorial DX | Judge: River Cook Interpretation: Affirmative debaters must defend fiat as immediate and certain.Violation: The plan doesn't happen immediately and we don't know if it's certain to happen.Resolved means immediate and certain.Your coach cuts Austin 11 – Vichina Austin – 8-15-2011 – "Why is "resolved" used ahead of a question in a debate title, instead of saying "the Subject, topic" or alike" – https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/8608/why-is-resolved-used-ahead-of-a-question-in-a-debate-title-instead-of-saying — Program of Study and Committee at St Mary's College – Elmer ~1~ precision – the counter-interp justifies them arbitrarily doing away with random words in the resolution which decks negative ground and preparation because the aff is no longer bounded by the resolution. Independent voter for jurisdiction – the judge doesn't have the jurisdiction to vote aff if there wasn't a legitimate aff.~2~ limits – explodes limits since there are tons of independent affs plus functionally infinite combinations, all with different advantages in different political situations. Kills predictability and neg prep since there are no DAs that apply to every aff – i.e.all ground is premised on particular timeframe – i.e. Politics, Ukraine, climate change, etc., and they could just claim to solve all of our impact scenarios.~3~ TVA Fairness – debate is a competitive activity that requires fairness for objective evaluation. Outweighs because it's the only intrinsic part of debate – all other rules can be debated over but rely on some conception of fairness to be justified.Drop the debater – a~ deter future abuse and b~ set better norms for debate.Competing interps – ~a~ reasonability is arbitrary and encourages judge intervention since there's no clear norm, ~b~ it creates a race to the top where we create the best possible norms for debate.No RVIs – a~ illogical, you don't win for proving that you meet the burden of being fair, logic outweighs since it's a prerequisite for evaluating any other argument, b~ RVIs incentivize baiting theory and prepping it out which leads to maximally abusive practices | 3/12/22 |
1 - T - ImplementationTournament: University of Houston Cougar Classic | Round: 3 | Opponent: Coppell RM | Judge: River Cook Interp: The affirmative debater must defend the hypothetical world in which appropriation of space is banned. Defending implementation is a logical extension of the rez because if space appropriation is unjust it means we ought to enact its removal."Resolved" means enactment of a law.Words and Phrases 64 Words and Phrases Permanent Edition (Multi-volume set of judicial definitions). "Resolved". 1964. Violation: aff says they won't defend implementation.Standards:~1~ Ground – I lose access to all policy based disadvantages because you refuse to defend implementation. I can't go for the Mining DA, the PLA DA, almost every cp, solvency turns, etc. In order to answer the 1NC, you'll just delink my offense in the 1AR by claiming implementation is irrelevant. Few impacts:A. Link turns critical ed good – you stop a key part of critical discussion because we don't get to read policy vs critical theory discussions.B. Kills key neg ground because certain principles like adhering to free speech are good in the abstract; it only makes sense taking everything into context. Ground is key to fairness since equal access to arguments controls equal access to the ballot.C. Pigeonholes the negative out of util – Aff shouldn't be able to make the debate just about cap because they're most comfortable on that layer.D. Kills policy ed – In your world the we can never have any discussion of policies. Policy education is an independent voter since it is a skill that we can apply to the real world outweighs critical education on reversibility. Also outweighs on size of link—we still can have cap debates in my interp.~2~ TVA – just defend implementation. You can still read cap in my world that claims implementation is irrelevant, just allow the neg to read a framework that claims implementation is relevant and garner offense on arguments that depend on it.Fairness is a voter—debate is a competitive activity that is governed by wins and losses so the judge cannot evaluate who did the better debating if there's a skew in their evaluation.Drop the debater—the abuse has already occurred and my time allocation has shifted—also the shell indicts your whole aff—justifies severance which skews my strat.Use competing interps—leads to a race to the top since we figure out the best possible norm and avoids judge intervention since there's a clear brightline.No RVIs—a. Baiting—they'll just bait theory and prep it out—justifies infinite abuse and results in a chilling effectb. Illogical—you don't reward them for meeting the burden of being fair | 3/12/22 |
1 - Theory - Must Defend ImplementationTournament: Loyola Invitational | Round: 1 | Opponent: ModernBrain AK | Judge: Jonah Gentleman Interp: The affirmative debater must defend the hypothetical world in which IPR is reduced. Defending implementation is a logical extension of the rez because if predictive policing is unjust that means we ought to enact its removal."Resolved" means enactment of a law.Words and Phrases 64 Words and Phrases Permanent Edition (Multi-volume set of judicial definitions). "Resolved". 1964. Violation- CX is clear, aff won't defend implementation.Standards:Ground- I lose access to all policy based disadvantages because you refuse to defend implementation. I can't go for the Crime DA, the Terror DA, almost every cp, solvency turns, etc in order to answer the aff, you'll just delink my offense in the 1ar by claiming implementation is irrelevant. Few impacts:A. link turns phil good- you stop a key part of philosophy discussion about util because the neg has no incentive to read a util framework since it can't generate offense under that framing.B. Kills key neg ground because certain principles like adhering to free speech are good in the abstract; it only makes sense taking everything into context. Ground is key to fairness since equal access to arguments controls equal access to the ballot.C. Pigeonholes the negative out of util even that is my best layer. Aff shouldn't be able to make the debate just phil because they are most comfortable on that layer.D. Kills policy ed- in your world the we can never have any discussion of policies. Policy education is an independent voter since it is a skill that we can apply to the real world outweighs phil ed on reversibility. Also outweighs on size of link—we still can have phil debates in my interp.2. TVA- just defend implementation. You can still read phil in my world that claims implementation is irrelevant, just allow the neg to read a framework that claims implementation is relevant and garner offense on arguments that depend on it. | 9/6/21 |
1 - Theory - Solvency AdvocateTournament: Greenhill Fall Classic | Round: 3 | Opponent: Harker ASh | Judge: Aaron Barcio | 9/19/21 |
JanFeb - DA - MiningTournament: University of Houston Cougar Classic | Round: 2 | Opponent: Greenhill EN | Judge: Reed Weiler Asteroid mining is starting now. New legal frameworks and massive investments bring it closer than you think-but we need to focus on maintaining progressGilbert 21 Alex Gilbert, 4-26-2021, "Mining in Space Is Coming," Milken Institute Review, https://www.milkenreview.org/articles/mining-in-space-is-coming//SJJK Prohibitions on appropriation prevent asteroid mining despite growing space industriesMyers 16 — Ross Myers (J.D. candidate at the University of Oregon Law School.), The Doctrine of Appropriation and Asteroid Mining: Incentivizing the Private Exploration and Development of Outer Space, 2016, Oregon Review of International Law, https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1794/19850/Meyers.pdf?sequence=1 WJ Asteroid Mining key to prevent terrestrial mining and solve warming.MacWhorter 16 ~Kevin; J.D. Candidate, William and Mary Law School, "Sustainable Mining: Incentivizing Asteroid Mining in the Name of Environmentalism", William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review, Vol 40, Issue 2, Article 11, https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/andhttpsredir=1andarticle=1653andcontext=wmelpr~~ brett And asteroid mining deflects massive asteroids and global warming and confronts drivers of structural inequality like resource scarcity and energy crisis-but public entities cant do it on their ownReich 1-6 Aaron Reich, 1-6-2022, "Asteroids can destroy the Earth, asteroid mining can help save it," The Jerusalem Post | JPost, https://www.jpost.com/science/article-691731//SJJK | 1/15/22 |
JanFeb - DA - PLATournament: The 47th Churchill Classic | Round: 2 | Opponent: Saint Marys Hall RS | Judge: Patrick Fox Xi is tightening control over the PLA but completing goals are critical.Krishnan 21 – Ananth, 11/18/21, ~'Xi tightened control over the PLA', TheHindu, https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/xi-tightened-control-over-the-pla/article37549460.ece~~ Justin The commercial space sector is one of the PLAs central goals – the plan is a 180.Bartholomew and Cleveland 19 – Carolyn and Robin, 4/25/19, Chairmen and Vice Chairmen. Section is written from Michael A. McDevitt, US Congressperson, ~"HEARING ON CHINA IN SPACE: A STRATEGIC COMPETITION?," https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/transcripts/April20252C20201920Hearing20Transcript2028229.pdf~~ Justin That triggers backlash – they don't support restrictions on the space sector and will do everything to convince leaders not to do the plan.Cheng 14 ~Dean Cheng, Senior Research Fellow in the Asia Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation, Former Senior Analyst at the China Studies Division of the Center for Naval Analyses, Former Senior Analyst with Science Applications International Corporation, "Prospects for U.S.-China Space Cooperation", Testimony before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, 4/9/2014, https://www.heritage.org/testimony/prospects-us-china-space-cooperation~~ An unhinged PLA triggers Himalayan war – goes globalChellaney 17 ~Dr. Brahma Chellaney, Professor of Strategic Studies at the Center for Policy Research and Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy, PhD in International Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, "Why the Chinese Military's Rising Clout Troubles Xi Jinping", The National, 9/9/2017, https://www.thenational.ae/opinion/why-the-chinese-military-s-rising-clout-troubles-xi-jinping-1.626815?videoId=5754807360001~~ Extinction – outweighs on immediacy – capitalism has existed for 100s of years but our impact needs to be solved rn.Caldicott 17 – Helen, 2017, Founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility ~"The new nuclear danger: George W. Bush's military-industrial complex," The New Press~Elmer That outweighs – we can't afford to be wrong.MacAskill 14 ~William, Oxford Philosopher and youngest tenured philosopher in the world, Normative Uncertainty, 2014~ | 1/8/22 |
JanFeb - NC - KorsgaardTournament: University of Houston Cougar Classic | Round: 2 | Opponent: Greenhill EN | Judge: Reed Weiler Ethics must begin a priori and the meta-ethic is bindingness.~1~ Uncertainty – our experiences are inaccessible to others which allows people to say they don't experience the same, however a priori principles are universally applied to all agents.~2~ Bindingness – I can keep asking "why should I follow this" which results in skep since obligations are predicated on ignorantly accepting rules. Only reason solves since asking "why reason?" requires reason which is self-justified.That means we must universally will maxims— any non-universalizable norm justifies someone's ability to impede on your ends.Thus, the standard is consistency with the categorical imperative.Prefer –~1~ All other frameworks collapse—non-Kantian theories source obligations in extrinsically good objects, but that presupposes the goodness of the rational will.~2~ Theory – Frameworks are topicality interps of the word ought so they should be theoretically justified. Prefer on resource disparities—a focus on evidence and statistics privileges debaters with the most preround prep which excludes lone-wolfs who lack huge evidence files. A debate under my framework can easily be won without any prep since huge evidence files aren't required.~3~ No 1AR Framework: It moots 7 minutes of the 1NC and exacerbates the AFF infinite prep time so I should be able to compensate by choosing. They justify substantive skews by shifting frame of offense.Negate:~1~ A model of freedom mandates a market-oriented approach to space—that negatesBroker 20 ~(Tyler, work has been published in the Gonzaga Law Review, the Albany Law Review and the University of Memphis Law Review.) "Space Law Can Only Be Libertarian Minded," Above the Law, 1-14-20, https://abovethelaw.com/2020/01/space-law-can-only-be-libertarian-minded/~~ TDI ~2~ Banning private space appropriation inhibits the sale and use of spacecraft and fuel- that's a form of restricting the free economic choices of individualsRichman 12, Sheldon. "The free market doesn't need government regulation." Reason, August 5, 2012. AHS RG | 1/15/22 |
JanFeb - T - AppropriationTournament: King Round Robin | Round: 1 | Opponent: Sequioa AS | Judge: Brianna Aaron, Danielle Dosch Interpretation: Appropriation means exclusive control or use that is permanentTIMOTHY JUSTIN TRAPP 13 JD Candidate @ UIUC Law, TAKING UP SPACE BY ANY OTHER MEANS: COMING TO TERMS WITH THE NONAPPROPRIATION ARTICLE OF THE OUTER SPACE TREATY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LAW REVIEW ~Vol. 2013 No. 4~ Violation: Megaconstellations do not appropriate – reject non-legal interpretationsJohnson 20 ~Chris Johnson is the Space Law Advisor for Secure World Foundation and has nine years of professional experience in international space law and policy. He has authored and co-authored publications on international space law, national space legislation, international cooperation in space, human-robotic cooperative space exploration, and on the societal benefits of space technology for Africa. 2020. Springer, "The Legal Status of MegaLEO Constellations and Concerns About Appropriation of Large Swaths of Earth Orbit," https://swfound.org/media/206951/johnson2020_referenceworkentry_thelegalstatusofmegaleoconstel.pdf~~ Recut Justin Standards:1~ Precision – non-topical affs violate tournament rules so the judge doesn't have the jurisdiction to vote on them and it controls the internal to pragmatic offense in a question of models.2~ Limits – including temporary occupation is a limits disaster – any aff about a single spaceship, satellite, or weapon would be T because they temporarily occupy space. That explodes neg prep burden and draws irreciprocal lines of debate.Fairness is a voter – it's a gateway issue to the ballot.Drop the debater to deter future abuse.CI – Reasonability is arbitrary and we don't know the brightline while prepping. Collapses since it uses an offense/defense paradigm to win it.No RVIs- A~ Illogical- you don't win for being fair B~ Encourages baiting theory which proliferates abuse C~ Chills checking abuse for fear of the RVI | 4/2/22 |
JanFeb - Theory - Must Spec SpaceTournament: The 47th Churchill Classic | Round: 4 | Opponent: Lake Travis AS | Judge: Nelson Okunlola Interp: The affirmative must define "outer space" in a delimited text in the 1AC."Outer Space" is flexible and has too many interps – normal means shows no consensusLeepuengtham 17 ~Tosaporn Leepuengtham (Research Judge, Intellectual Property and International Trade Division, Supreme Court of Thailand). "International space law and its implications for outer space activities." 01-27-2017, Accessed 12-9-2021. https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781785369612/06_chapter1.xhtml duongie Violation – you don't.Prefer –1~ Stable Advocacy – they can redefine in the 1AR to wriggle out of DA's which kills high-quality engagement and becomes two ships passing in the night –We lose access to Tech Race DA's, Asteroid DA's, basic case turns, and core process counter plans that have different definitions and 1NC pre-round prep.2~ Real World – Policy makers will always define the entity that they are recognizing. It also means zero solvency, absent spec, private entities can circumvent since there is no delineated way to enforce the aff and means their solvency can't actualize.Fairness is a voter debate is a competitive activity that requires objective evaluationTopicality is a voting issue that should be evaluated through competing interpretations a~ it tells the negative what they do and do not have to prepare for b~ reasonability is arbitrary and incentivizes judge interventionNo RVIs—a~ it's your burden to be topical. Anything else chills real abuse b~ forces theory debaters to bait theory and win on it every time | 1/9/22 |
MarApr - CP - UkraineTournament: TFA State | Round: 2 | Opponent: Greenhill KD | Judge: Pranav Vijayan PIC Text: In a democracy except Ukraine, a free press ought to prioritize objectivity over advocacy. In Ukraine, a free press ought to prioritize objectivity over advocacy except in Ukrainian propaganda against Russia's invasion.Ukraine war is optimistic, but maintaining outside support and low Russian morale's keyUkraine getting outside help from west Ukrainian propaganda is key to defeating Russia.Stuart A. Thompson 22 (reporter in the technology department covering misinformation and disinformation.) and Davey Alba (technology reporter covering disinformation. In 2019, she won a Livingston Award for excellence in international reporting and a Mirror Award) 3/3/2022, nytimes, Fact and Mythmaking Blend in Ukraine's Information War, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/technology/ukraine-war-misinfo.html Ukraine's info war is key to defeating Russia.Sinan Aral 22 (director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and author of "The Hype Machine) 3/1/2022, Ukraine is winning the information war, Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/03/01/information-war-zelensky-ukraine-putin-russia/ Russian win would lead to escalation in multiple forums – goes global.LIANA FIX 22 (Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund, in Washington, D.C). MICHAEL KIMMAGE (Professor of History at the Catholic University of America and a Visiting Fellow at the German Marshall Fund. )2/18/22, What If Russia Wins? A Kremlin-Controlled Ukraine Would Transform Europe, Foreign Affairs, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/ukraine/2022-02-18/what-if-russia-wins Nuclear detonations cause nuclear winter and extinction.Starr 15 Steven Starr, 10-14-2015, "Nuclear War, Nuclear Winter, and Human Extinction," Federation Of American Scientists, ~Steven Starr is the director of the University of Missouri's Clinical Laboratory Science Program, as well as a senior scientist at the Physicians for Social Responsibility. He has been published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and the Strategic Arms Reduction (STAR) website of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.~, https://fas.org/pir-pubs/nuclear-war-nuclear-winter-and-human-extinction/, SJBE | 3/10/22 |
MarApr - DA - AuthoritarianismTournament: TFA State | Round: 5 | Opponent: Clear Lake ML | Judge: Vishal Sivamani Policies that promote objectivity become the pretext for government crackdowns on legitimate journalismWest 17 Darrell M. West (Vice President and Director - Governance Studies Senior Fellow - Center for Technology Innovation Douglas Dillon Chair in Governmental Studies) 12/18/2017, How to combat fake news and disinformation, Brookings, https://www.brookings.edu/research/how-to-combat-fake-news-and-disinformation/Karan Gov. crackdowns on media are a form of soft authoritarianism that escalates into complete tyrannyChristensen 21 Christensen, Devin (PhD in Political Science, UNC, Chapel Hill), John Lovett, and John A. Curiel. "Mainstream Media Recirculation of Trust-Reducing Social Media Messages." American Politics Research (2021): 1532673X211023931. Authoritarianism causes a laundry list of catastrophic impacts.Kasparov and Halvorssen 17 ~Garry Kasparov and Thor Halvorssen *Chairman of the New York-based Human Rights Foundation Thor Halvorssen is the foundation's president and chief executive. "Opinion: Why the rise of authoritarianism is a global catastrophe." Washington Post. 2/13/17. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2017/02/13/why-the-rise-of-authoritarianism-is-a-global-catastrophe/~~ Justin That culminates in rogue tech, nuclear war, and climate change.Orts '18 ~Eric; June 27; Guardsmark Professor in the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania; LinkedIn Pulse, "Foreign Affairs: Six Future Scenarios (and a Seventh)," https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/foreign-affairs-six-future-scenarios-seventh-eric-orts~~ | 3/11/22 |
MarApr - NC - KorsgaardTournament: TFA State | Round: 2 | Opponent: Greenhill KD | Judge: Pranav Vijayan Ethics must begin a priori and the meta-ethic is bindingness.~1~ Uncertainty – our experiences are inaccessible to others which allows people to say they don't experience the same, however a priori principles are universally applied to all agents.~2~ Bindingness – I can keep asking "why should I follow this" which results in skep since obligations are predicated on ignorantly accepting rules. Only reason solves since asking "why reason?" requires reason which is self-justified.That means we must universally will maxims— any non-universalizable norm justifies someone's ability to impede on your ends.Thus, the standard is consistency with the categorical imperative.Prefer –~1~ All other frameworks collapse—non-Kantian theories source obligations in extrinsically good objects, but that presupposes the goodness of the rational will.~2~ Theory – Frameworks are topicality interps of the word ought so they should be theoretically justified. Prefer on resource disparities—a focus on evidence and statistics privileges debaters with the most preround prep which excludes lone-wolfs who lack huge evidence files. A debate under my framework can easily be won without any prep since huge evidence files aren't required.~3~ Aspec: JOURNALISTS CAN'T USE UTIL, PREFER DUTY BASED ETHICSChristians 7 Christians, Clifford (Research Professor of Comunications, Professor of Journalism and Professor of Media Studies Emeritus at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) "Utilitarianism in media ethics and its discontents." Journal of Mass Media Ethics 22.2-3 (2007): 113-131. ~4~ Interpretation: Affirmative teams must not read new offense in the 1AR related to a new FW, recontextualize or weigh aff arguments under a different FW, or turn the 1nc FW.1~ Phil Clash and Time Skew- anything else allows them to concede all our framework interactions and just go for 4 minutes of turns against our NC which o/w since phil is the only thing unique to LD Debate and time is the only quantifiable metric of abuse2~ Skew- They have an inherent advantage on the contention debate since they get 2ar spin so they can easily sway judge psychology in contention debates that don't err towards one side.Negate:~1~ Objectivity censors' journalists' personal views and biases- that's non universalizableGreven 21 Greven, Alec, "Speech and Sovereignty: A Kantian Defense of Freedom of Expression" (2021). Honors Theses. 1579. ~2~ Journalists are required to respect those they report on, thus, advocacy journalism is required to alleviate sufferingLeshilo 18 Thabo Leshilo ~A research report submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, Applied Ethics for Professionals.~ "Morality and Journalists: Objectivity versus Duty of Care" 13 July 2018, Johannesburg https://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10539/26530/Morality20and20Journalists20(markup)_2.pdf?sequence=1 | 3/10/22 |
MarApr - Theory - Must Spec Free PressTournament: TFA State | Round: 2 | Opponent: Greenhill KD | Judge: Pranav Vijayan Interpretation: The affirmative must define "free press" in a delineated line in the 1ACMultiple types of press that fit into the definition- explicit clarification neededCambridge Dictionary, ND, "free press," No Publication, https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/free-press Violation: They didn'tNegate:1~ Shiftiness- they can redefine what free press the 1ac defends in the 1ar which decks strategy and allows them to wriggle out of negative positions which strips the neg of social media DAs, specific news stations DAs, and case answers. They will always win on specificity weighing.CX can't resolve this and is bad because A~ Not flowed B~ Skews 6 min of prep C~ They can lie and no way to check D~ Debaters can be shady.2~ Real World- policy makers will always specify who the actor of change is. That outweighs since debate has no value without portable application.This spec shell isn't regressive- it literally determines who the affirmative implements the aff through.Fairness – debate is a competitive activity that requires fairness for objective evaluation.Drop the debater – a~ deter future abuse and b~ set better norms for debate.Competing interps – ~a~ reasonability is arbitrary and encourages judge intervention since there's no clear norm, ~b~ it creates a race to the top where we create the best possible norms for debate.No RVIs – a~ illogical, you don't win for proving that you meet the burden of being fair, logic outweighs since it's a prerequisite for evaluating any other argument, b~ RVIs incentivize baiting theory and prepping it out which leads to maximally abusive practices | 3/10/22 |
SeptOct - CP - ConConTournament: Greenhill Fall Classic | Round: 1 | Opponent: Presentation AB | Judge: Dahlia Bekong The member nations of the World Trade Organization except for the United States ought to ~reduce intellectual property protections for medicines~.The United States ought to ~reduce intellectual property protections for medicines~ through a supreme court decision by petitioning the PTAB and getting a formal ruling from APJs.APJs have the authority to rule on intellectual property—-the CP solves case.Mosier 21 ~Kevin; 8/9/21; "Supreme Court Finds Constitutional Violation in Patent Challenges, But Provides Quick Fix," JDSupra, https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/supreme-court-finds-constitutional-4702991/~~ Justin Circumvention is inevitable—-the aff is unconstitutional and companies use that as a sword to prevent loss of IP.Brown 21 ~Delphine; 7/21/21; Partner in the firm's Litigation Practice Group, and a member of its Intellectual Property Practice Team. With over twenty years of trial experience, Delphine's practice focuses on complex intellectual property and technology cases, with extensive experience in the life sciences industry. Delphine has served as lead counsel for several global pharmaceutical companies in Hatch-Waxman litigation and trials involving dozens of drug products, dosage forms and delivery systems. Delphine's lead counsel expertise also includes patent litigation involving biotech, medical device, computer hardware and software, design and business method patents, and counseling of established and emerging biotechnology companies regarding intellectual property, regulatory and litigation issues. Delphine has served as lead trial counsel in complex trademark and copyright infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, and unfair competition cases. Delphine believes that the key to being the best litigator and trial lawyer is always keeping her "eyes on the prize" which she defines with her clients as accomplishing both legal victory and strategic objectives to get the client back to running its business as quickly as possible. A corporate client once remarked to Delphine's parents at her birthday party that "if Delphine wasn't such a good lawyer, we wouldn't have become such great friends." Delphine has three decades of experience representing both U.S. and foreign corporations in federal and state courts nationwide in pretrial proceedings, trials and appeals, and in arbitration proceedings. Delphine frequently publishes thought leadership and speaks on intellectual property issues. Delphine received her bachelors degree from Princeton University and her J.D. from St. John's University School of Law. In her spare time, she serves on the boards of several private foundations, and the CT Selection Committee for the Princeton Prize in Race Relations, as well as a USA swimming official. Delphine also enjoys skiing, golf, tennis and classic wood boats; "Powerhouse Points: Will TRIPS Waiver of IP Protection for COVID-19 Vaccines Serve Global Need," Freeborn, https://www.freeborn.com/perspectives/powerhouse-points-will-trips-waiver-ip-protection-covid-19-vaccines-serve-global-need~~ Justin | 9/18/21 |
SeptOct - CP - ScientistsTournament: Greenhill Fall Classic | Round: 6 | Opponent: Westlake MR | Judge: David Yi Text: An international panel of scientists including National Academies and corresponding organizations appointed by the member nations of the World Trade Organization should release a binding ruling to ~reduce intellectual property protections for medicines by implementing a one-and-done approach for patent and exclusivity protection.~.They have the jurisdiction to rule over intellectual property and secure science diplomacy.Hajjar and Greenbaum 18 ~David; Dean Emeritus and University Distinguished Professor, and Professor of Biochemistry and Pathology at Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, a Jefferson Science Fellow of the National Academies at the U.S. Department of State, and a recent Senior Fellow in Science Policy at the Brookings Institute; Steven; Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Hunter College of the City University of New York and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He was a Jefferson Science Fellow of the National Academies at the U.S. Department of State; "Leveraging Diplomacy for Managing Scientific Challenges," American Diplomacy; September 18; https://americandiplomacy.web.unc.edu/2018/09/leveraging-diplomacy-for-managing-scientific-challenges-an-opportunity-to-navigate-the-future-of-science/~~ Justin Solves every existential threat.Haynes 18—research associate in the Neurobiology Department at Harvard Medical School (Trevor, "Science Diplomacy: Collaboration in a rapidly changing world," http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2018/science-diplomacy-collaboration-rapidly-changing-world/, dml) Re-Cut Justin | 9/19/21 |
SeptOct - DA - InfrastructureTournament: Greenhill Fall Classic | Round: 1 | Opponent: Presentation AB | Judge: Dahlia Bekong Bipartisan infrastructure bill passing now but PC is needed – there is no margin for error.Kapur et al 9/8 ~Sahil, Frank Thorp, and Leigh Ann Caldwell; 9/8/21; Sahil Kapur is a national political reporter for NBC News, Frank Thorp V is a producer and off-air reporter covering Congress for NBC News, managing coverage of the Senate, Leigh Ann Caldwell is an NBC News correspondent; "Democrats plow 'full speed ahead' on sweeping Biden budget, despite tensions," https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-plow-full-speed-ahead-sweeping-biden-budget-despite-tensions-n1278722~~ Justin Aff doesn't solve but requires negotiations that saps PC.Pooley 21 ~James; Former deputy director general of the United Nations' World Intellectual Property Organization and a member of the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding; "Drawn-Out Negotiations Over Covid IP Will Blow Back on Biden," Barron's; 5/26/21; https://www.barrons.com/articles/drawn-out-negotiations-over-covid-ip-will-blow-back-on-biden-51621973675~~ Justin Infrastructure secures the grid against worsening and increasing cyberattacks.Carney 21 ~Chris; 8/6/21; Senior policy advisor at Nossaman LLC, former US Representative, former professor of political science at Penn State University; "The US Senate Infrastructure Bill: Securing Our Electrical Grid Through P3s and Grants," JDSupra, https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-us-senate-infrastructure-bill-4989100/~~ Justin Cyberattacks on the grid spiral to all-out nuclear conflict.Klare 19 ~Michael; November 2019; Professor emeritus of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College; "Cyber Battles, Nuclear Outcomes? Dangerous New Pathways to Escalation," Arms Control Association, https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2019-11/features/cyber-battles-nuclear-outcomes-dangerous-new-pathways-escalation~~ Justin Scientific consensus flows aff – nuke war leads to extinction and is the most probable impact scenarioTegmark 17 Max Tegmark, 5-26-2017, "Why 3,000 Scientists Think Nuclear Arsenals Make Us Less Safe," Scientific American Blog Network, https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/why-3-000-scientists-think-nuclear-arsenals-make-us-less-safe/, SJBE Max Erik Tegmark is a Swedish-American physicist and cosmologist. He is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the scientific director of the Foundational Questions Institute. | 9/18/21 |
SeptOct - DA - InnovationTournament: Loyola Invitational | Round: 1 | Opponent: ModernBrain AK | Judge: Jonah Gentleman Pharma innovation high now – monetary incentive is the biggest factor.Swagel 21 Phillip L. Swagel, Director of the Congressional budget office 4-xx-2021, "Research and Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry," Congressional Budget Office, https://www.cbo.goc/publication/57126~~#_idTextAnchor020 SJDA The aff crushes innovation in the pharma sector—-incentivizes them to focus on non-important issues.Glassman 21 ~Amanda; 5/6/21; Executive vice president and a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, a nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank in Washington and London; "Big Pharma Is Not the Tobacco Industry," Barron, https://www.barrons.com/articles/big-pharma-is-not-the-tobacco-industry-51620315693~~ Justin Pharma Innovation prevents Extinction – checks new diseases.Engelhardt 8, H. Tristram. Innovation and the pharmaceutical industry: critical reflections on the virtues of profit. M and M Scrivener Press, 2008 (doctorate in philosophy (University of Texas at Austin), M.D. (Tulane University), professor of philosophy (Rice University), and professor emeritus at Baylor College of Medicine) Pharma spills-over – has cascading global impacts that are necessary for human survival.NAS 8 National Academy of Sciences 12-3-2008 "The Role of the Life Sciences in Transforming America's Future Summary of a Workshop" Re-cut by Elmer | 9/6/21 |
SeptOct - K - MollowTournament: Loyola Invitational | Round: 4 | Opponent: Sage MP | Judge: Truman Le Behold the image of the disgusting disabled child, which causes one to wince in the face of egoistic empathy. This is self-reflection, a process constitutive of the psyche that results in the disability drive, the culmination of primary pity where the non-disabled subject embodies itself in the position of the disabled object, and secondary pity, which portrays the ego's overcompensation to regain its position and pushes a desire from lack for the eradication of disability.Mollow 15 Anna (2015): The Disability Drive, A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in English in the Graduate Division of the University of California, Berkeley Committee in charge: Professor Kent Puckett, Chair Professor Celeste G. Langan Professor Melinda Y. Chen Spring 2015 https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/etd/ucb/text/Mollow_berkeley_0028E_15181.pdf SJCPJG The affirmative's politics are tied to a rehabilitative futurism where the signifier of the fantasmatic child is placed forward to eradicate and cure disability – this deems the disabled child a threat and excludes disability from the political. They don't get to weigh case – if we win their starting point is violent, they don't get to weigh their end point since we indict the process of how they got there.Mollow 2 Anna (2015): The Disability Drive, A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in English in the Graduate Division of the University of California, Berkeley Committee in charge: Professor Kent Puckett, Chair Professor Celeste G. Langan Professor Melinda Y. Chen Spring 2015 https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/etd/ucb/text/Mollow_berkeley_0028E_15181.pdf SJCPJG Modern biopolitics proliferates discourses of bodily and affective imperfection to justify extermination of difference – the aff literally says opiod users will end the world and must be cured – that justifies endless suppression of disability in the name of progress.Mitchell 15 (David T Mitchell, "The Biopolitics of Disability: Neoliberalism, Ablenationalism, and Peripheral Embodiment", University of Michigan Press, p. 40-41) The starting point of the 1AC is epistemically flawed and an independent link – fiat is illusory and anything that doesn't begin from the question of disability allows for ableism to infiltrate modes of thought which means we're an epistemic prerequisite. Thus, the role of the ballot is to vote for the debater who best methodologically challenges ableism.Campbell 13 Fiona Kumari (2013): Problematizing Vulnerability: Engaging Studies in Ableism and Disability Jurisprudence, Fiona Kumari Campbell undertakes research in Studies in Ableism, coloniality, disability studies as well as explorations about Buddhist formations of disability. Trained in sociology, theology and legal studies; she is interested in ways that law, new technologies and the governance of marginal populations produces understandings of the productive citizen, normative bodies, ideas of periphery and ways that ablement privileges and entitles certain groups in society. Campbell is the author of Contours of Ableism: The Production of Disability and Abledness (Palgrave, 2009) and numerous other journal articles and book chapters. SJCPJG Vote negative to endorse an unwavering pessimism and radical failure – we reject the political and notions of futurism in exchange for an affirmation of disability's abjection as something beautiful.Selck 16 Michael (2016): Crip Pessimism: The Language of Dis/ability and the Culture that Isn't, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, SJCPJG No perms: (a) view it as artificially distinct since it's key to fully flesh out the individual intricacies of both methods and create more concrete proposals (b) justifies infinite aff conditionality – allowings permutations allows infinite new 1AR advocacies which skews 1 mins of the 1NC and destroys neg ground (c) hold the 1AC method by itself since anything else endorses bad scholarship since it justifies severence – justifying both in the aff solves. | 9/5/21 |
SeptOct - NC - KorsgaardTournament: Loyola Invitational | Round: 5 | Opponent: Tomdadders | Judge: Arjan Kang 1NC – FWPermissibility and presumption negate – ~a~ the resolution indicates the aff has to prove an obligation, and permissibility would deny the existence of an obligation ~b~ Statements are more often false than true because any part can be false. This means you negate if there is no offense because the resolution is probably false.Ethics must begin a priori:~1~ Uncertainty – our experiences are inaccessible to others which allows people to say they don't experience the same, however a priori principles are universally applied to all agents.~2~ Bindingness – I can keep asking "why should I follow this" which results in skep since obligations are predicated on ignorantly accepting rules. Only reason solves since asking "why reason?" requires reason which concedes its authority and equally proves agency as constitutiveThat means we must universally will maxims— any non-universalizable norm justifies someone's ability to impede on your ends.Thus, the standard is consistency with the categorical imperative.Prefer the standard: ~a~ freedom is the key to the process of justification of arguments. Willing that we should abide by their ethical theory presupposes that we own ourselves in the first place. Thus, it is logically incoherent to justify the neg arguments/standard without first willing that we can pursue ends free from others ~b~ Frameworks are topicality interps of the word ought so they should be theoretically justified. Prefer on resource disparities—a focus on evidence and statistics privileges debaters with the most preround prep which excludes lone-wolfs who lack huge evidence files. A debate under my framework can easily be won without any prep since huge evidence files aren't required.1NC – Offense1~ Intellectual property is an inalienable personal right of economic usePozzo 6 Pozzo, Riccardo. "Immanuel Kant on Intellectual Property." Trans/Form/Ação, vol. 29, no. 2, 2006, pp. 11–18., doi:10.1590/s0101-31732006000200002. SJDA recut SJKS recut Cookie JX 2~ The aff violates the categorical imperative and is non-universalizable- governments have a binding obligation to protect creationsVan Dyke 18 Raymond Van Dyke, 7-17-2018, "The Categorical Imperative for Innovation and Patenting," IPWatchdog, https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2018/07/17/categorical-imperative-innovation-patenting/id=99178/ SJDA recut SJKS 3~ The aff encourages free riding- that treats people as ¬means to an end and takes advantage of their efforts which violates the principle of humanityVan Dyke 2 Raymond Van Dyke, 7-17-2018, "The Categorical Imperative for Innovation and Patenting," IPWatchdog, https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2018/07/17/categorical-imperative-innovation-patenting/id=99178/ SJDA recut SJKS 4~ Unauthorized publication and usage of text is wrongful and infringes on inalienable moral rightsBarron '11. ~Barron, Anne (2011) Kant, copyright and communicative freedom. Law and philosophy . pp. 1-48. http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/37521/1/Kant_Copyright_and_Communicative_Freedom_28lsero29.pdf~~ NChu | 9/6/21 |
SeptOct - NC - Korsgaard v2Tournament: Greenhill Fall Classic | Round: 6 | Opponent: Westlake MR | Judge: David Yi 1NC – FWPermissibility and presumption negate – ~a~ the resolution indicates the aff has to prove an obligation, and permissibility would deny the existence of an obligation ~b~ Statements are more often false than true because any part can be false. This means you negate if there is no offense because the resolution is probably false.Yoda once said "many of the truths that we cling to depend on our point of view." Relinquish yourself from these truths by acknowledging that ethics must begin a priori:~1~ Uncertainty – our experiences are inaccessible to others which allows people to say they don't experience the same, however a priori principles are universally applied to all agents.~2~ Bindingness – I can keep asking "why should I follow this" which results in skep since obligations are predicated on ignorantly accepting rules. Only reason solves since asking "why reason?" requires reason which concedes its authority and equally proves agency as constitutiveThat means we must universally will maxims— any non-universalizable norm justifies someone's ability to impede on your ends.Thus, the standard is consistency with the categorical imperative.Prefer the standard: freedom is the key to the process of justification of arguments. Willing that we should abide by their ethical theory presupposes that we own ourselves in the first place. Thus, it is logically incoherent to justify the neg arguments/standard without first willing that we can pursue ends free from others1NC – Offense1~ Intellectual property is an inalienable personal right of economic usePozzo 6 Pozzo, Riccardo. "Immanuel Kant on Intellectual Property." Trans/Form/Ação, vol. 29, no. 2, 2006, pp. 11–18., doi:10.1590/s0101-31732006000200002. SJDA recut Cookie JX 2~ The aff violates the categorical imperative and is non-universalizable- governments have a binding obligation to protect creationsVan Dyke 18 Raymond Van Dyke, 7-17-2018, "The Categorical Imperative for Innovation and Patenting," IPWatchdog, https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2018/07/17/categorical-imperative-innovation-patenting/id=99178/ SJDA recut SJKS 3~ The aff encourages free riding- that treats people as ¬means to an end and takes advantage of their efforts which violates the principle of humanityVan Dyke 2 Raymond Van Dyke, 7-17-2018, "The Categorical Imperative for Innovation and Patenting," IPWatchdog, https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2018/07/17/categorical-imperative-innovation-patenting/id=99178/ SJDA recut SJKS IPs are a necessary check on companies free-riding off associations of quality.Wong et al 20 ~Liana, Ian, and Shayerah; Analyst in International Trade and Finance; Specialist in International Trade and Finance; Specialist in International Trade and Finance; "Intellectual Property Rights and International Trade," *Updated* 5/12/20; CRS; https://www.everycrsreport.com/files/20200512_RL34292_2023354cc06b0a4425a2c5e02c0b13024426d206.pdf~~ Justin | 9/19/21 |
SeptOct - T - MedicinesTournament: Loyola Invitational | Round: 4 | Opponent: Sage MP | Judge: Truman Le Interpretation: "medicines" is a generic bare plural. The aff may not defend that member nations of the World Trade Organization ought to reduce intellectual property protections for a medicine or subset of medicines.Nebel 19. ~Jake Nebel is an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California and executive director of Victory Briefs. He writes a lot of this stuff lol – duh.~ "Genericity on the Standardized Tests Resolution." Vbriefly. August 12, 2019. https://www.vbriefly.com/2019/08/12/genericity-on-the-standardized-tests-resolution/?fbclid=IwAR0hUkKdDzHWrNeqEVI7m59pwsnmqLl490n4uRLQTe7bWmWDO_avWCNzi14 TG Violation: They specStandards:~1~ precision – the counter-interp justifies them arbitrarily doing away with random words in the resolution which decks negative ground and preparation because the aff is no longer bounded by the resolution. Independent voter for jurisdiction – the judge doesn't have the jurisdiction to vote aff if there wasn't a legitimate aff.~2~ Limits and ground – their model allows affs to defend anything from Covid vaccines to HIV drugs to Insulin— there's no universal DA since each has different functions and political implications — that explodes neg prep and leads to random medicine of the week affs which makes cutting stable neg links impossible — limits key to reciprocal engagement since they create a caselist for neg prep and it takes out ground like DAs to certain medicines which are some of the few neg generics when affs spec medicines.~3~ TVA solves – you could've read your plan as an advantage under a whole res advocacy.Fairness – debate is a competitive activity that requires fairness for objective evaluation. Outweighs because it's the only intrinsic part of debate – all other rules can be debated over but rely on some conception of fairness to be justified.Drop the debater – a~ deter future abuse and b~ set better norms for debate.Competing interps – ~a~ reasonability is arbitrary and encourages judge intervention since there's no clear norm, ~b~ it creates a race to the top where we create the best possible norms for debate.No RVIs – a~ illogical, you don't win for proving that you meet the burden of being fair, logic outweighs since it's a prerequisite for evaluating any other argument, b~ RVIs incentivize baiting theory and prepping it out which leads to maximally abusive practices | 9/5/21 |
SeptOct - T - NationsTournament: Greenhill Fall Classic | Round: 3 | Opponent: Harker ASh | Judge: Aaron Barcio Interp and violation: "The member nations" denotes the totality of member nations in the WTO. The aff may not defend a subset of WTO member nations ought to reduce IP protections for medicines.Sharvy 80 ~Richard Sharvy, philosopher. "A More General Theory of Definite Descriptions on JSTOR," The Philosophical Review, Vol. 89, No. 4, Oct. 1980, accessed 8-22-2021, https://www.jstor.org/stable/2184738~~ HWIC It applies to "nations" – 1~ upward entailment test – "member nations of the World Trade Organization" doesn't entail that political bodies ought to reduce intellectual property protections because it doesn't prove that the UN should reduce 2~ adverb test – adding "always" to the res doesn't substantially change its meaning because reduce is permanent.Standards:~1~ precision – the counter-interp justifies them arbitrarily doing away with random words in the resolution which decks negative ground and preparation because the aff is no longer bounded by the resolution. Independent voter for jurisdiction – the judge doesn't have the jurisdiction to vote aff if there wasn't a legitimate aff.~2~ Limits and ground – their model allows affs to defend anything from India to US to Indonesia— there's no universal DA since each has different functions and political implications — that explodes neg prep and leads to random country of the week affs which makes cutting stable neg links impossible — limits key to reciprocal engagement since they create a caselist for neg prep and it takes out ground like DAs to certain nations which are some of the few neg generics when affs spec nations.~3~ TVA solves – you could've read your plan as an advantage under a whole res advocacy. Potential abuse doesn't justify in round abuse, and having no prep leads to cheaty word PICs and Process Cps which are net worseFairness – debate is a competitive activity that requires fairness for objective evaluation. Outweighs because it's the only intrinsic part of debate – all other rules can be debated over but rely on some conception of fairness to be justified.Drop the debater – a~ deter future abuse and b~ set better norms for debate.Competing interps – ~a~ reasonability is arbitrary and encourages judge intervention since there's no clear norm, ~b~ it creates a race to the top where we create the best possible norms for debate.No RVIs – ~1~ You shouldn't win for proving you're being fair – that's an expectation. If the judge voted for who followed speech times best, it would be irresolvable since that is expected by both sides~2~ Baiting – good theory debaters bait the rvi with an abusive strategy which either ~a~ causes massive abuse substantively or ~b~ leads to a debate of who is the better theory debater, which is a bad model for debate~3~ Kill substantive education – invites debaters to collapse to theory for an rvi~4~ Chilling effect – debaters are too scared to read theory because good theory debaters beat them on the rvi, means infinite unchecked abuse and ow on severity~5~ Timeskew – they get 7-6 theory advantage, with 2ar recontextualization devastates negatives~6~ Theory becomes nib that the negative is more incentivized to collapse to, which kills substantive education | 9/19/21 |
SeptOct - T - ReduceTournament: Loyola Invitational | Round: 4 | Opponent: Sage MP | Judge: Truman Le Interpretation: Reduce means unconditional and permanent – the aff is a suspension.Reynolds 59 – Judge (In the Matter of Doris A. Montesani, Petitioner, v. Arthur Levitt, as Comptroller of the State of New York, et al., Respondents ~NO NUMBER IN ORIGINAL~ Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, Third Department 9 A.D.2d 51; 189 N.Y.S.2d 695; 1959 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7391 August 13, 1959, lexis) Reduce is distinct from simply changingFinch 73 (James A. Finch Jr., judge. "State ex rel. Cason v. Bond, 495 S.W.2d 385," Supreme Court of Missouri, 1973) Violation: they only change the time periodVote neg:1~ Limits and ground– their model allows affs to defend anything from pandemics to Biden's presidency— cross apply the offense above2~ Precision o/w – cross apply the offense above3~ TVA – defend the advantage to a whole rez timeframe. We don't prevent new FWs, mechanisms, or advantages. PICs don't solve – our model allows you to specify countries and medicines. | 9/5/21 |
SeptOct - T - Reduce v2Tournament: Greenhill Fall Classic | Round: 6 | Opponent: Westlake MR | Judge: David Yi Interp: Precluding a future increase is not a reductionMelinda Harmon 12, Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, 3/6/12, Zieche v. Burlington Res., Inc., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 30134, p. lexis Violation: the affirmative prevents a future increase in patents by eliminating beyond the first patentNegate:1~ Limits and ground—they allow the aff to monopolize prep by precluding a future increase anytime from now allowing affs to no link from uniqueness scenarios, delay CPs, etc which kills engageability—leads to unpredictable affs that skew the debate away from whether IP is good/bad to when a reduction should occur.2~ Precision – anything else justifies the aff jettisoning which decks ground and prep because the aff isn't in the rez – non-jurisdictional cuz you can't affirm if they haven't affirmed.3~ TVA – defend the advantage to an aff about reducing patents forever – they would still apply and allows for negative disads to link.Fairness – debate is a competitive activity that requires fairness for objective evaluation.Drop the debater to deter future abuse and set better norms.Competing interps – reasonability is arbitrary and encourages judge intervention – competing interps creates a race to the top where we create the best norms.No RVIs – you don't win for being fair and incentivizes baiting theory which leads to maximally abusive practices | 9/19/21 |
SeptOct - Theory - Must Spec IPTournament: Loyola Invitational | Round: 1 | Opponent: ModernBrain AK | Judge: Jonah Gentleman Interpretation: affirmative debaters must delineate what intellectual property they reduce in the 1AC.Four types of IP that are vastly different.Ackerman 17 ~Peter; Founder and CEO, Innovation Asset Group, Inc; "The 4 Main Types of Intellectual Property and Related Costs," Decipher; 1/6/17; https://www.innovation-asset.com/blog/the-4-main-types-of-intellectual-property-and-related-costs~~ Justin Violation:Negate:1~ Shiftiness- they can redefine what intellectual properties the 1ac defends in the 1ar which decks strategy and allows them to wriggle out of negative positions which strips the neg of specific IP DAs, IP PICs, and case answers. They will always win on specificity weighing.CX can't resolve this and is bad because A~ Not flowed B~ Skews 6 min of prep and pre-round prep C~ They can lie and no way to check D~ Debaters can be shady.2~ Real World- policy makers will always specify what the object of change is. That outweighs since debate has no value without portable application. It also means zero solvency since the WTO, absent spec, can circumvent aff's policy since they can say they didn't know what was affected.This spec shell isn't regressive- it literally determines what the affirmative implements and who it affectsFairness – debate is a competitive activity that requires fairness for objective evaluation. Outweighs because it's the only intrinsic part of debate – all other rules can be debated over but rely on some conception of fairness to be justified.Drop the debater – a~ deter future abuse, b~ set better norms for debate and c~ we indict the entire advocacy – dta makes no sense.Competing interps – ~a~ reasonability is arbitrary and encourages judge intervention since there's no clear norm, ~b~ it creates a race to the top where we create the best possible norms for debate.No RVIs – a~ illogical, you don't win for proving that you meet the burden of being fair, logic outweighs since it's a prerequisite for evaluating any other argument, b~ RVIs incentivize baiting theory and prepping it out which leads to maximally abusive practices | 9/6/21 |
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